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Archive for June, 2008
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Friday Links: Traffic and Childhood Asthma, Michelle Obama, and a Contest
Living Near Heavy Traffic Increases Kids’ Asthma by 50% This isn’t the first study linking auto emissions with asthma, but it’s the clearest connection I’ve seen yet. Munich researchers studied 6,000 four and six year-olds and after controlling for other risk factors, discovered the risk of asthma and allergies is 50% higher for kids living [...] -
I Talk About Asthma on the Celsias Show
Feel like listening to an Asthma Mom speak this morning? Over at Celsias.com, where I write about topics like wind energy, smart growth, green revitalization, and impacts of environmental change on children, the weekly Internet podcast featured an interview with Mildred Thompson, PolicyLink Senior Director and Director of the PolicyLink Center for Health and Place. [...] -
Weird Health Wednesdays: Strangest Anti-Smoking Campaign Ever
From Japan: Wait. . . . what? (Flickr user: Dean Blackburn) Both the weirdly formal verbiage and the diagrammed action earned these a place here. Check out the photographer’s commentary through the links for even more laughs. Do these ads actually convince anyone, you think? How about this one? (Flickr user: Dean Blackburn) And now [...] -
The Summer, The Smog, The Breathing Problems
I just have to smile when I read headlines like Summer Weather Can Aggravate Asthma, Doctors Say, not because I find heat-triggered asthma particularly amusing but because summer means nothing but relief around these parts. We’ve headed into a Flovent-free three months during this, AG’s easiest season, and she doesn’t usually need her bronchodilator much [...] -
Asthma and Allergy Trivia, Since I Overslept
I had a post half-started for today but the girls’ schools let out last week, day camp doesn’t start until next week, and I am late, late, late. It feels like a trivia kind of morning. Who says asthma and allergies can’t be fun? Or mildly entertaining, at least. 1. Dark-colored cats are way more [...] -
Friday Links: Asthmatic Women & Heart Disease, California TB, Best Kids’ Hospitals
Link Between Women’s Adult-Onset Asthma and Heart Disease According to this report in the American Journal of Cardiology, the same doesn’t hold true for men and adult-onset asthma, or for anyone of either gender with child-onset asthma. (As if the whole not-breathing part weren’t bad enough.) Yet Another Study Linking Early Preventative Steroids to Long-Term [...] -
Weird Health Wednesdays: Another Danger Sign, Unhealthy Drinks, Worst Ice Creams
(Weird Health Wednesdays are a former regular feature on Asthma Mom.) You really don’t want to feed these birds. Really. (Flickr user: AMagill) Dutch Man Injures Um, an Unusual Part of His Body During Prank It involves mooning against the window of a restaurant. I’m sure you can guess the rest. Don’t Drink These if [...] -
Obama and the St. Paul Victory Speech
The normal Wednesday feature will appear later today. This morning, I tip my hat (blog?) to Obama’s victory last night, his powerful speech, his incredibly gracious tribute to Senator Clinton, and his message of unity. If you missed it: What you won’t hear from this campaign or this party is the kind of politics that [...] -
PolicyLink Answers Questions on the Asthma Report
Remember that PolicyLink report, Breathing Easy from Home to School: Fighting the Environmental Triggers of Childhood Asthma? Go check it out if you haven’t already, or read my Celsias article. The report’s all about involving parents and community members to reduce environmental asthma triggers like auto emissions and toxic cleaning products in schools and it [...] -
Exercise-Induced Asthma. Or Not.
Never let it be said asthma is a simple disease. Highly treatable in most cases, yes, but never simple. I learned something about exercise-induced asthma (EIA) this weekend which may be old news to other people, but I’m passing it along, anyway. This article outlines the eight other reasons for sports-related wheezing besides EIA. Huh. [...]
